LUCAS v. BOLIVAR COUNTY, MISS.

No. 84-4174.

756 F.2d 1230 (1985)

Earl LUCAS, Ira M. Gray, Ora Martin Butler and Arthur Holmes, Jr., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BOLIVAR COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McTeer & Bailey, Charles Victor McTeer, Margaret Carey, Greenville, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jacobs, Griffith, Pearson, Eddins & Povall, Benjamin E. Griffith, Cleveland, Miss., Crosthwait, Terney & Noble, Hubbard T. Saunders, IV, Jackson, Miss., John L. Hatcher, Cleveland, Miss., for Bolivar County, Miss.

Before RUBIN, RANDALL and TATE, Circuit Judges.


BY THE COURT:

In this voting rights case, the district court entered an order approving a redistricting plan, directing that it be submitted to the Attorney General for preclearance, and retaining jurisdiction for the purpose of entering further appropriate orders for the calling of a special election subject to the Attorney General's preclearance. We consider whether this is a final judgment or a collateral order from which an appeal will lie or whether it is a nonappealable...

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